230 LOG BOOK OF THE "ST. PETER" 



November 28, 1741 

 1 was told this morning that during the northeast storm the anchor 

 cable broke and the St. Peter was driven ashore on the spot where we 

 had planned to lay her up. 



December i, 1741 

 Captain Commander Bering sent the sailor Timofei Anchiugov with 

 two men to examine the shore and to determine whether we are on the 

 mainland or on some island. They were also to keep a lookout for forests. 



December 4, 174 J 

 The calker Alexei Klementev died. 



December 8, 17 41 

 5 A. M. Captain Commander Bering died, and Lieutenant Waxel 

 succeeded to the command. 



December 9, 17 41 

 Assistant Skipper Nikita Khotyaintsov died. 



December 17, 1741 

 Grenadier Ivan Tretyakov died. 



December 27, 1741'^'^'' 



Cannoneer Prokofei Efintsov died. 



The sailor Timofei Anchiugov returned without bringing any informa- 

 tion about the land [we are on]. 



January 2, 1742 

 The soldier Fedor Panov died. 



January 7, 1742 

 II p. M. died the petty officer Ivan Lagunov. 



127 Yushin's journal: 



The Month of December, 1741 



By the will of God a strong NE wind broke the cable and drove the ship ashore near 

 us. Its left side below the water line was badly damaged, the rudder was lost, and it 

 suffered other injuries as well. 



The sailor Anchiugov, with the two men from Kamchatka already mentioned, were 

 ordered south to obtain information. He was gone about four weeks but did not learn 

 anything definite. He said that he thought that we were on an island. He could not 

 follow the shore for any considerable distance because of the cliffs. He reported seeing 

 many herds of sea otters. At the end of December I began to recover somewhat from 

 my illness. 



